Fence-tie.



No. 794,250. PATENTED JULY 11, 190 5 F. W. REED. I

FENCE TIE.

APPLICATION rum) Ann, 1905.

Patented July 11, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK W. REED, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

FENCE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,250, dated July 11, 1905.

' Application filed April 3, 1905. Serial No. 253,385.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W..REED, a citizen of the United States, residing at Adrian, in the county of Lenawee, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Ties; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to fence-ties or to ties for joining the crossed strands of a wire fencing or fabric; and it consists in the'construction and formation of parts hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out particularly in the claims.

The object of the invention is to roduce a strong and compact tie which will mly join the crossed strands of a wire fencing and which may be formed of a comparatively short tie-wire, thereby reducing the weight and expense of the fencing without impairing its wearing qualities.

The above object is attained by the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a tie involving my invention, uniting two crossed strands of a wire fencing. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through one of the strands, as on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. ,4 is a sectional View through one of the strands, as on line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an inverted plan view of the tie.

Referring to the characters of reference, 1 designates the longitudinal or strand wire, and 2 the transverse or stay wire of a Wire fencing, said Wires crossing each other at right angles and being crimped at the point of crossing, as is common. .The tie-wire with which the crossed strands are united is made in the form of a staple and is driven between suitable dies, which embrace said crossed wires and in whose working faces are formed channels and concavities which direct the legs of the staple around the crossed wires to unite them, as will be well understood. In

the tie as herein shown the loop 3 of the staple lies upon and crosses the strand-wire, while the legs thereof pass in the rear of the stay-wire 2, the terminal of leg 4 after passing in the rear of the stay being bent upwardly over the strand-wire and formed into a hook 5, which engages partially around said strand-wire. The opposite leg 6 of the staple also passes in the rear of the stay-wire, and its terminal portion is bent backwardly into an eye 7, which tightly embraces said stay-wire and whose extreme end portion 8 is directed into the triangular o enin 9, formed between the inner face 0' said eg and the inner faces of said crossed wires, thereby embracing said stay-wire firmly by said inclosing eye and disposing of the end ortion 8 thereof in a manner to prevent it f om protruding beyond the plane of the tie. It will be noted that the end of the hooked terminal 5 of leg 4 is directed into engagement with the coiled eye 7, thereby supporting said terminal and preventing the hook from being straightened by a lateral movement of the strand- -wire, making a strong compact knot or tie,

which may be formed of a comparatively short length of wire owing to the disposition which is made of the terminals of the legs of the staple in the formation of the tie.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a tie for wire fencing, the combination with the crossed strand and stay wires, of a tie having its loop end contacting the strand-wire, legs passing in the rear of the stay-wire, the terminal of one leg being formed into a hook which partially embraces the strand-wire beyond the staywire, and the terminal of the other leg being formed into an eye tightly drawn around the staywire, the extreme end portion of said eye lying in the opening formed between the side of the leg of the staple carrying said embracing eye, and the faces of said crossed wires.

2. In a tie for wire fencing, the combination with the strand and stay wires crossing at right angles, of a tie having its loop end contacting the strand-wire, legs passing in the rear of the stay-wire, the terminal of one leg being formed into a tightly-drawn eye around the stay-wire, with its extreme end lyin between the inner face of the leg of the stap e, and the faces of the crossed wires, the 5 terminal of the other leg passing over the strand-wire beyond the stay-wire and formed into a hook which partially embraces the strand-wire, the extreme end of said hook portion lying between the side of the strandwire and the eye formed upon the other leg IO and extending into terminal contact with thelatter.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

, FRANK W. REED.

Witnesses:

E. L, BAKER, GEO. B. M. SENGER. 

